Elemental Gelade's Azuma Launches Toraneko Folklore

Manga creator Mayumi Azuma launched her new Toraneko Folklore series in the June issue of Mag Garden's Monthly Comic Blade magazine on Friday — just four months after she ended her Elemental Gelade (Erementar Gerad) fantasy series in the same magazine. The modern-day fantasy story of Toraneko Folklore centers around three freshmen who meet on the first day of high school in battle. Azuma drew a Toraneko Folklore poster for the issue.

Azuma is still continuing her Erementar Gerad: Flag of Bluesky spinoff manga in Monthly Comic Blade Avarus magazine. Tokyopop published the 11th volume of the main Elemental Gelade manga in North America this past February. Geneon licensed and released the television anime adaptation of the manga in North America, and Funimation re-issued the anime in a DVD box set in 2008.